Lincoln-Sudbury 3, Haverhill 1: Warriors sparked by sophomores

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Feb 1, 2014 at 10:00 PMFeb 2, 2014 at 12:30 PM

By Brendan WimberlyDaily News correspondent

MARLBOROUGH — With a rash of injuries to a few of his top players, Lincoln-Sudbury coach Tom Pare was forced to shuffle his deck Saturday at New England Sports Center in Marlborough as the Warriors took on Haverhill.The changes made a difference, but not in the way one would expect. A rag-tag sophomore second line of Aidan Maron, Drew Baker, and Myles Cohen helped Lincoln-Sudbury skate to a 3-1 victory over the Hillies (5-6-2, 2-4-1 DCL/MVC Division 2)."All sophomores, so that bodes well for the future," Pare said. "Miles Cohen was at center, Drew Baker was on the left side."Joining those two was Maron, who up until Saturday's contest had been cast as a defenseman this season for L-S (10-1-4, 8-1-1 DCL/MVC D2)."It was sort of an emergency situation and we needed someone on the right wing," said Pare. "He has two older brothers. Garret's a senior this year and Owen was a senior last year, so he knows what it takes to prepare to play on this team."The new second line made an instant impact, as Baker opened up the scoring 4:16 into the first period. The left winger received a pass from senior captain Ryan Jones and was off to the races, blowing by the Haverhill defenders along the left boards before sniping a back-handed effort into the top left corner to give L-S the lead.Baker, Cohen, and Maron continued where they left off at the beginning of the second period, as they fired seven shots on goal on their first shift of the second period, but Haverhill goalie Mike Gleason made some impressive stops and was able to repel the attack.The Warriors opened up their lead 7:36 into the second period. Junior defender Ryan Dale set up in 'Gretzky's office' before picking out Jacob Sacher just inside the blue line. Sacher took one stride before rifling a slap shot past Gleason to make it 2-0 L-S.Haverhill pushed back, and finally broke through L-S goalie Justin Koualis’ wall just 37 seconds into the third period. Matt Arena found Harry O'Donaghue, and O'Donaghue flicked a snap shot from the point which made it 2-1.Dale and his defensive teammates shut down the Haverhill attack afterwards, allowing only two shots on goal after O'Donaghue bit into the L-S lead."Their goal was a little bit of a wake up call," said Dale. "We felt a little bit of a surge, they picked up their game, so I felt we needed to tighten up a little bit in the defensive end."L-S went back on the offensive afterwards and Jones put the Warriors back in firm command with a power-play goal 7:51 into the third period to make the score 3-1.In addition to securing the game, Jones' goal also went a long way toward securing the DCL/MVC Div. 2 crown. With one more win, the Warriors clinch the league title for the first time in a matter of years."I hate to use the word 'driver's seat' as far as the league is concerned," said Pare. "But it's been four or five years since we won the league and it's a goal of ours every year."

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